Memorial

Altar Book Fallen 1939-45 and Safe return of Haddock Bros All Saints

Wheatley Hill

Memorial Name: Altar Book Fallen 1939-45 and Safe return of Haddock Bros All Saints (W114.08)

NEWMP Ref No.: W114.08

Parish: Wheatley Hill

Original Location:

All Saints’ Church

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated 12th November 1950 by Rev. Arthur Preston, Vicar of Wheatley Hill.

Materials Used:

Leather binding.

Who Commissioned:

Mother, Mrs. L.A. Haddock

Inscription:

On spine:
Altar
Services
as proposed
in
1928

On flyleaf
To the Glory of God & in Memory of all from
This Community who gave their lives in the
defence of our liberties in the war 1939-45.
This Book & the Book of Remembrance
were given by Mrs. L.A. Haddock as a
Thank-Offering for the safe return of her two
sons from the war 1939-45.

Memorial Description:

Altar Book, 11¾ inches high x 8¾ inches wide, (30cms x22cms) bound in soft leather with tooled lettering on the spine.

Names:

None

Notes:

1. This was given in conjunction with W114.09.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall

The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2008